Developers hoping to transform open or underutilized property into vibrant, attractive, successful lifestyle centers will find Charlotte architects Bartlett, Hartley & Mulkey as leading specialists in transforming their visions into reality.

A master planned lifestyle center typically has a central main street with retail at street level and residences, offices or both on upper levels. In addition to limited surface-level parking, multi-story parking decks are typically tucked behind, beside or below the retail. Careful landscaping, indoor/outdoor dining, entertainment facilities and other amenities enhance the walkability and appeal of the lifestyle center.

While Bartlett, Hartley & Mulkey architects in Charlotte, NC, understand that master planning can go in a variety of directions with no two lifestyle centers exactly alike, most share a few common features:

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